Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Kathy Griffin Cover 'Out'

The 36-year-old Modern Family star and Kathy, 51, along with model Andrej Pejic and activist Larry Kramer, each got their own cover for the issue, which paid homage to men and women who’ve made 2011 a year to remember.

Here’s what they had to share with the mag:

Jesse, Out‘s Artist of the Year, on being recognized: “Jane Lynch must have said, ‘I don’t want it this year, stop showering me with praise, please give it to someone else. And I was, like, fourth on the Someone Else list.”

Kathy, Out‘s Entertainer of the Year, on supporting the LGBT community: “I was beyond a nerd. I was that girl who went to the dance with a gay guy, but he didn’t know he was gay yet. I asked about four guys to the Sadie Hawkins dance, and the all said ‘no.’ Do you know how embarrassing that is? And then, one adorable gay man who just happened to be in Fiddler on the Roof with me said ‘yes.’ We’ve been friends ever since.”